Eanna Ni Lamhna We had the great pleasure of having Eanna Ni Lamhna here at The Old Rectory Country House to judge the Love Where You Live competition we entered earlier this year. We are blessed to love where we live, we enjoy both the foresight of those who have come before us with trees …
Wasps Nest Earlier in the year when we were doing a big clean out we found the beginnings of a wasps nest with some larva already laid, I felt sorry for the poor Mother wasp who had already done a considerable amount of work starting to build the very beautiful and intricit nest they make. …
Stylish Silage Leitrim The Stylish Silage competition in Drumshanbo is under way again this year and from what I have seen so far it is going to be an impressive competition. If you haven’t been to Leitrim to see the competition I highly recommend it.
Cowboys and Heroes Drumcoura Leitrim Less than two weeks away now to Cowboys and Heroes hitting Leitrim. There is a great line up this year for Cowboys and Heroes with Robert Mizzell, Patrick Feeney, Jimmy Buckley, John Brady, Mike Denver, Lisa McHugh, and Derek Ryan. And on Monday all proceeds are going to Make a …
The Old Rectory Country House Weddings It is all action at The Old Rectory, the oak trees for the new avenue have arrived and thanks to the digger man for scooping out the holes for them while he was here, we were able to plant them all in a few hours as a Sunday family …
The Old Rectory Country Home Leitrim Although we do not have a very big farm it is still very much a part of our life here at The Old Rectory Country Home Leitrim and yesterday was one of the biggest farming days of the year, making the silage. So much of how the rest of …
Boutique Wedding The Rodahan family have been staying with us for the second time this year at The Old Rectory Leitrim, but this time was for the big event. Bill and Therese are tying the knot. It has been a fun week with more people arriving each day, while the cousins enjoy the freedom and …
The Old Rectory St. Patrick’s Day has changed completely from when I was a child when we wore our shamrock to mass and that was pretty much that. It was a religious day to be observed. Now it is predominantly about parades and the getting together of communities and socialising. Not sure what St. Patrick …
The Old Rectory Country Home Leitrim Anyone who has stayed with us will know we are surrounded by beautiful old trees, I wake every morning to trees and after a storm I open the shutters and take a look out the windows and do a survey around the other windows in the house. I did …
The Old Rectory, Country Home, Fenagh, Ballinamore, Leitrim The Canal walk in Ballinamore is in full blown, we send all our guests from The Old Rectory, Fenagh, Leitrim to either walk or cycle along the beautiful waters edge. These are some of the flowers we saw along the way when we walked it this week.